"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Strangers in the dark
We kiss and we touch
The little things can mean so much
Smoke is in our eyes
Let's finish the wine
It's time to kiss and say good-bye
Oh, oh, I wonder where you go
When the darkness fades and the tracesshow
Oh, oh I wonder if she knows
That all my days are filled with dreams of my
Nighttime lover, over and over
I dream of us dancin' in the dark, me and my
Nighttime lover, love undercover
W'ere lost in this love is where we are
This heart is not so smart
It knew from the start
This tenderness would cause a fire
Love is always blind
The truth isn't always kind
We ask no questions, tell no lies
Oh, oh I wonder where you go
When the party's over, will I know
Oh, oh I wonder if she knows
That I could spend my life being her
Nighttime lover, she's like no other
Nighttime lover, over and over
I dream of us dancin' in the dark
Me and my nighttime lover, she's like no other
We're lost in this love is where we are
Me and my nighttime (lover) over and over
Dream of us dancing in the dark
Me and my nighttime (lover) lover undercover
We're lost in this love is where we are
We kiss and we touch
The little things can mean so much
Smoke is in our eyes
Let's finish the wine
It's time to kiss and say good-bye
Oh, oh, I wonder where you go
When the darkness fades and the tracesshow
Oh, oh I wonder if she knows
That all my days are filled with dreams of my
Nighttime lover, over and over
I dream of us dancin' in the dark, me and my
Nighttime lover, love undercover
W'ere lost in this love is where we are
This heart is not so smart
It knew from the start
This tenderness would cause a fire
Love is always blind
The truth isn't always kind
We ask no questions, tell no lies
Oh, oh I wonder where you go
When the party's over, will I know
Oh, oh I wonder if she knows
That I could spend my life being her
Nighttime lover, she's like no other
Nighttime lover, over and over
I dream of us dancin' in the dark
Me and my nighttime lover, she's like no other
We're lost in this love is where we are
Me and my nighttime (lover) over and over
Dream of us dancing in the dark
Me and my nighttime (lover) lover undercover
We're lost in this love is where we are
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Nighttime Lover Lyrics as written by Michael Austin Murphy David Martin Frank
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